Official JTR speaker thread - Page 8

Originally Posted by rafa1552

What? No takers on my question???

Originally Posted by Mathelo

Jeff,

Been following this thread and considering these speakers for awhile now.

Question:
Just how good are these passive crossovers? I mean, if I wanted to use active crossovers instead, would I be throwing away a lot of what I'd be paying for?

Louis

Originally Posted by rafa1552

Can anyone recommend a sub or 2 for around $1000-$1300 range that would keep up with the triple 8's? I'm nearly ready to pull the trigger on 5.1 setup. Last question, how far are you guys lifting the 888's off the floor for proper listening height while seated on a couch? Thanks.

Originally Posted by Jedirun

JTR Captivator $999 plus a pro amp to run it would run you around $1300. Another option would be a pair of MFW-15's. Like Jeff said, lots of subwoofers would sound great as long as you integrate them well.

20-25" would put the coaxial at ear height depending on the height of the listener. The center of the coaxial is 13" from the bottom of the speaker.

Since I have a non acoustically transparent screen, I put all three speakers just below the screen vertically with the coaxials mounted on top. This puts them at about a 27" height because of a raised area of the floor that I have them sitting on. I have them slightly angled up so that they are facing the listeners directly.

You could put them behind an acoustically transparent screen and not have this issue or place the left and right to the side of a display at ear height.

Originally Posted by Jeff Permanian

You could but you'd need expensive test equipment, muiltiple amplifiers, tons of DSP and a lot of time.

Originally Posted by Jedirun

JTR Captivator $999 plus a pro amp to run it would run you around $1300.

Originally Posted by Jeff Permanian

Could power a Captivator with something like the Daytone SA1000
http://www.parts-express.com/pe/show...number=300-811

Originally Posted by Dbuudo07

I can't believe none of you guys commented on this

Will this be a floor standing speaker with one 12" coax driver and four 12" bass drivers Jeff? That would be something really special!

Originally Posted by Jeff Permanian

The Quintuple uses 8" drivers, for the aesthetic conscious, now on pre-order and will start shipping middle of next month. Check the JTR forum for details.

Originally Posted by Jeff Permanian

The Quintuple uses 8" drivers, for the aesthetic conscious, now on pre-order and will start shipping middle of next month. Check the JTR forum for details.

Originally Posted by RXPorlando

I think most agree you should stick with all the same as your front stage weather it's 888s or 12s. Tmber matched and tonal ballance are the reasons.

In gregs case he was looking for more midrange punch then what the triple 12s offer so being space is limited he down sized to triple 8s to make room for the growlers. So his center tripple 12 will match up better with the full range of the growlers and 888s together. This really is the ultimate setup because your dedicated sub will take care of the low end say 10hz-30hz and the growler will take care of the mid bass 30hz-80hz and the 888s will take off 80hz up. This is how you get that mid bass slam that kicks you in the chest.

I'm going the same route because I really like stong mid bass also and will have my 12s crossed at 50hz-60hz and the mid bass sub will take care of the 30hz-60hz and 5 18in mal-x driveing my lowend in large ported boxes.

This is really the only way to go if you want strong full range sound with out any weak spots.

Scott

Originally Posted by wes k

The mid bass chest thumping u speak of is exactly what I am looking for, so for starters I am going with an 8ht for center along with a growler and a submersive. Later I will replace my pair of BP2002's with 8's when I get some more money. (Who really needs a new kitchen.)

My question is how do I set the x-overs between my fronts, the growler and the submersive? My equipment is a denon 3808 and an emotiva xpa3.

Will the xpa3 drive the growler and the 8ht while the denon 3808 pushes the 2002's set to small?

Thanks,

Wes

Originally Posted by wes k

The mid bass chest thumping u speak of is exactly what I am looking for, so for starters I am going with an 8ht for center along with a growler and a submersive. Later I will replace my pair of BP2002's with 8's when I get some more money. (Who really needs a new kitchen.)

My question is how do I set the x-overs between my fronts, the growler and the submersive? My equipment is a denon 3808 and an emotiva xpa3.

Will the xpa3 drive the growler and the 8ht while the denon 3808 pushes the 2002's set to small?

Thanks,

Wes

Originally Posted by mojomike

I'd like to know more about the upcoming Quintuple. Will it be another woofer added to the top and bottom of the T8 or will it be a traditional tower with 4 woofers on the bottom and the mid/tweeter on top?

Originally Posted by mojomike

Cool. Any pics yet?

Originally Posted by Jeff Permanian

My handy work isn't picture worthy so I'll get some pictures up next week after I get the first off the CNC.

Originally Posted by dholmes54

just wondering what kind of bannana plugs I can use with my 12s that have the pro binding post.

Originally Posted by allanf714

Finally got those highly anticipated tracking numbers! Looking forward to doing some rocket 850 / Triple 8 side-by-side comparisons over the next couple of weeks

Allan